Race has a faceThat is risingUp from the depths Of its inner blood oceanWhere grief churnsAnd burns from untold stories.

Rage now has a social media stageOf voices and faces Evidence to digestAgainst those trained To dehumanize anotherMoment to momentWe choose to chokeOr blow more smokeOr step forward brokeKnowing what is rightDown deep in the trenchesOf our human knowingHearing those who live to tellOr breathe his very last breath,Not in vain. We heard you, Eric.

Generation to generationTruth and reconciliationSomething has begunIn the streets of our citiesWhere riots are sproutingA new frame to vindicate the aching Bones of those whose sweat was salt To be sold off into modernityDisguised by sweet sentiments cloaked In shame and political correctnessWhere apologies and new systems Of stories need to be shared andWitnessed by all of us.